FGM is a painful, traumatic and sometimes fatal practice that causes life-long health problems for girls and women. Eighty-five percent of Malian girls and women undergo FGM. Mali is one of the last remaining African countries that doesn't have a law against FGM.

The National Assembly of Mali is considering a law against female genital mutilation (FGM), early marriage and other forms of gender-based violence. We want to encourage them in this. __________________________________________________________________